Tolling-machine.



R. COOK.

TQLLING MACHINE.

APPLICATION 11151111. 26, 1918.

Patented Jan.141,1 919.

ATTORNEY I .R. COOK. POLLING MACHINE.

APPLICATION FILED MAR. 26' IQIB- Patented Jan. 14, 1919.

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R. COOK.

,TOLLING MACHINE.

APPLICATION m5!) MAR. 26, 1918.

Patented Jan.14,1919.

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, 1 f0? I Toma/ n. COOK. TO'LLING MACHINE. APPUCAHON FILED MAR, 26. I9l8.

Patnted Jan. 14,1919. v 4 $HEETS-SHEET I INVENTOR WZNESSES ATTORNEYUNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

ROY COOK OE MILLPORT, ALABAMA.

TOLLING MACHINE.

To all IiitI/I/l if may concern:

Be it known that 1, Her Coon, a citizen of the United States, residingthe county of Lamar and State of'2\labama, have invented certain new anduseful Im- [)lOVtlllellls in 'lolling-Machines, of WlllC-ll thefollowing is a specification.

This invention relates to coin handling, and more especially to changemakers {and the object of the same is to produce a machine which willtake a certain toll from Bach user by accepting a coin from him andreturning change. As Illustrated anddesay that, whereas the deviceherewith is.

shown capable of changing any coin up to one dollar inclusive, it.migh'tbe made on a smaller scale. Also other modifications andclaborations aie possible within the spirit of my invention, as willbeunderstood. The following specification and claims set. forth oneembodiment. of the idea, and reference is made to the accompanyingdrawings, wherein:

Figure 1 is a perspective view of the machine entire,

.Fig. 2 is a vertical section on an enlarged scale taken on the line 2-2of Fig. 1.

Fig. 3 a horizontalscction on the line 3-3 of Fig. 2,

F ig. 4 a sectional detail taken on about the line 4-4 of Fig. and YFig. 5 is a. vertical section on the line fi -5 of Fig. 2, y

Fig. (3 is a perspective view of the group of key levers and associatedparts,

Fig. 7 is a perspective view of one yoke connecting a rod and stem, andthe parts associated therewith,

Fig. 8 is a per fastener,

Fig. 9 is a perspective view of a key,

Fig. 10 is a perspective view oi a portion 0 the ma-in cross bar.

Fig 11 is a perspective view of one slide.

'lhefeasing of this machine comprises a base 1 frth iwh sc rear portionrises an ex- "tension cons ituting a hopper chamber 2, the

Specification of Letters Patent.

at =Millport, in

r coins is two cents, but

perspective detail of one hop- Patented Jan. 14, 1919.

Application-filed March 26, 1918. Serial No. 224,823.

whole presenting about the appearance shown in Fig.1. Througha slot 3 inthe top of the base projects a main lever or prime mover 4 adapted to beswung forward by the operators hand; and, as above suggested, themovement of this lever may perform other work'without departing from thespirit of this invention. At one end the top otthe base is provided witha series of coin slots 5 into which are inserted the coins to bechanged, and the change is delivered to the operator by means of areceptacle 6 from which he picks it in a manner which will be clear.This casing as a whole may mounted upon a standard or table, it may formpart of another machine, or it may be secured against a wall or otherupright. Its size, shape, proportion. material, and features ofornamentation are imimportant, and it is simply thehousing for themechanism yet to be described. hinged at 8 and preferably locked at 9 sothat access may be gained to the interior for the purpose of insertingthe hoppers filled with change, and it may have a normally locked drawer10 which from time to time can be withdrawn for removing thecoins whichhave been changed. Otherwise we are not concerned with the structure ofthe easing except that it acts as a support for other parts- Across theinterior of the casing at the bot-- carries a series of ring-slumpedsupports U- as best seen in Fig. Upon each of these supports rest acoller 15 slu'roundmgthe lower portion of anupright tubular hopper '16.the upper end of the hop' 'ier when in place being held by a fastener 17mounted on springs 18 as best seen in Fig, 8. These hoppersa're tubes ofappropriate sizes respeclively to receive pennies. nickels. dimes,

quarters, and half dollars; and for .the pur-,

pose of niaking the matter clear l have indicatc'd ou the hoppers thedenominations of the respective coins. The latter are retained Withinthe hoppers by slides I!) movably mounted in channels across the upperface It. should have a panel 7 of the shclt' ll. each slide having anopening it) of exactly the proper size and disposition I to registerwith the bore of the hopper when the slideis drawn forward by mechanismyetto be described, this opening carries acoin or;

' after which the slideis returnedito its'nor malposition for anothereoinyor-coinsfromthehopper, x

The slides are all operated-5b). mechanism the slideis pushed to therear; whereas, when coins along over the-shelf and drops it"or themthrough the notch 1 into'tlie chute 13 I of the same structu re, these;mechanisms are trlpped n a-Inanner yet to be described.

' Leading-forward from each slide 19 is a within the yoke 23 and formingtherear exc 33 and with the main leveri;

stem 21 Which passes loosely through. un eye 22 at the rear end'of a.yoke 23 as best seen in ;Fig. 7. v The stem 'then passes 'tln'ough a jcoiled expansive-spring 241 forward of which iticarries a plate orshclf25 ,-and forwarder this inturn it has-an enlargehead,26 in'turn is atongiie 27 standing tremity of a rod 28 which constitutes the shank ofsaid yoke; and these parts are supported and guided within a slot, 29 ina seen in Fighfdfthe crossheatl '31 causes the; forward movement of allthe rmls123 and;

all the yokes'23 whereasm ly such stems 21 i may move. forward haveno'ohstructions or keys in frent of their hearls '26. Consi-quently thevselective forivaril movement of the stems 21an l the r" slides 19depends {would move only the shuns 21 connected upon the selection ofthe keys which are raised out of the path of the heafls'26l For.example; if thekeys alinecl'with the ten ,eerit amltwenty five centhoppers were raised; forward inovcn'ient of the main lever with theslides beneath these hoppers. and clia-nge from them would. be deliveredaccordingly, Whereas nothing would be delivered from the remaininghoppers. lfno key hatever israisou, manipulation of the prune mover ormam leverwouhl have no effect, and no change would be delivered to thereceptacle f.

beneath the hopper for the pennies. in ad- (lition' to the slide 19there is a suhjaeent and thicker slide 19 having its own stem 21f, yoke23 and rod 28, the latter conneeted with; the main lever iat the samepointas the rod 28, all being for a purpose yet to appear. I might alsosay that. the

(lime hopper has a special slide beneath it ment or head 26 adapted toco-afct with a; key yet to bedesoribed. Forward'of this It will heohserverl from Fig. 2fl-lhat there are-two slides asbest seen in Fig. 5.This slide is twice! the thicknessfof'a (lime so that when movedfoi'ivardi it vvill (lrop two dirnes. "The slides, beneath the' pennyhopper will collectively drop four pennies,jtheuppernmst, beingthethicknessjof one cent and the lowermost the! v thickness of threecents; but *the. slidesv beneath the three remaining hoppers drop I onlyion'eicoin eacln Hanging. Just in rear of the' nniin cross bar 30 arekeys40,'eaclrofwhich is a fork Ias'best seen In Fig; 9," itsfingersstanding astride the-tongue"2'7 and itsshankheing 1 pivotecl'at41am crank a'rm Hat-zone end,

of a-rock shaft 43 Thereforefive'ofthese' shafts superposed-overeach'other as best secn-iIrF-ig; ZandfeXte'nde'd' tothe left end i of.the base *1 of the 'casingfvvhere they have other crank arm's 44 'asbestseen in r'igli;

and I purposely omit an illustration'of the.

hearings in which thesha-fts are-mounted,

because they would confuse the drawings.

The crankarms 44' are" severally; connectecl by links 45 withthe reararni'eioffivef' key-levers 46; these" levers having s'leeves" 47 mountedonaf u lcr umrod 48'. Finally,

each lever 46 has a'fin ger rojecting rearwardend overlying the body ofthe next lever, so that =thefy depression of one lever will depress all"those to the reaixof' it. An

exception exists with respect to the fiiiger on the third or twenty fivecent key lever, which finger hasa hu1np50 carried overthe lever nextacljacentixalul its extremity continues tothe 'last lever for a purposeyet: to ap pear; Asshown by the figures on the key levers and 'on-therock shafts, the one dollar'lever-actnhtes the fifty cent rock shaft,

and in fact each key leverectuates the rock shaft of the next lower.denom nation; there fore 'we nust not hecomi confused by thedesignationycof the sev'eralparts;

The eomilslptso inithe topof 'the baseof the .casingficommuniceterespectively with coin tuhes5l las best seen "in Fig. 4, Each" tube ispreferably straight throughout, most of its length and cu'r vc 1;at itslowercnd as at I on an are around the fulcrum rod 1L8;

the curved portion being slottedmsl M353 'forthe admission-of the longarmof a key lever 46, whicherm by reference carries latter on"the-lowerside of itsfcurvedeml;

has a hingedj-gate 55, and al'l"the-gates are v mounted :fastonjareel-(shaft 56 which; turned hy a spun? 57in a (hrec'tio throw themnor'mu l leads over suitable pulleys 60$ to themslin 1mm, and the cordis given proper slack treme of nioveinent'the shaft 56 is turned andproperly attached to tltenminlever so that as the latter're'aches itsforward exto open all the gates 55 and deliver into the drawer 10ahycoin which may have been inserted into one of. the slots 5. As above'spggested, the drawer'is' withdrawn from tune to time to collect thecoins, probably on the same occasion when the hoppers 16 are refilled.with change. y 7

I will later describe the operation-otthis machine as taking a toll'of.two cents from each silver dollar or half dollar deposited,

and a toll of one cent from any other coin deposited excepting a pennywhich of course need not be changed at all; but it will be shown firsthow the toll can he made the same for all coins if preferred. As-

suming that an operator approaches anddepositsv a silver dollar in thefirst and properly designated coin slot 5. Itfalls on y the left handhead 54 of Fig. 6 and depresses the appropriate key lever 46 and thesevoral fingers 49 cause the depression of all key leversexcept thatmarked ten cents.

These levers all rock on the fulcrum rod 1 4S and all rock shafts 43 arerotated excepting that marked five cents, with the result that all keysare raised e'xceptingthe one forward of the five cent hopper. Now theoperator draws on the main lever 4:, and the cross head 31 moves alllive rods 28 and yoltcs 23; accordingly the springs 25L move all of thestems fzl excepting that forward of the five cent hopper Whose head 26strikes the key 40 which has not been raised. The result is that theslides under all hoppers but that containing nickles are moved forward,and there fall into the chute a fifty cent. piece a uarter, two dimesand four pennies; and tie aggregate change is delivered into thereceptacle 6. The two dimes are'delivered because the slide under thedime hopper. is of double thickness, and

the four pennies are delivered because of the extra slide 19 under thepenny hopper. Should the operator deposit a fifty cent coin in thesecond slot 5, the some action would take place excepting that no tittycent piece in change would be delivered to him. Should the operatordeposit. a quarter in the third coin .slot. the change delivered istaken if the coin dopositcd is a silver dollar or a halt dollar. thecoinitruction and action is as follows: If the key it) oppositc thepenny slidc be raised only so high that its fingers clear the head it;of the lmvcrmost.

stem 21.. shown in Fig. 2 whereas they still stand in the path oi? thehead of the uppermost stem, then when the main lever is swung forward itis the lower slide 19 with its three pennies which moves mfcr the shelfand drops them through he notch l2 instead of both slides 19 and 19which would of course deliver tour pennies. Accordingly; the delivery ofthree or four pennies is to be determined by the distance to which thiskey is raised. (1 might say that the double slide under the diinehopperalways delivers two dimes in order to make proper chap e, and it willmerely bean ordlnary sh .e 19 of twice the thickness of a dime.) When itis desired, therefore,.that the toll from the largercoinsshall be twopennies instead of one penny as above def scribed, provision must locmade whcr lg the insertion of said larger coin will raise the key of themany slide not quite so high. This oan'loe etected in a nunilan' ya. andone practical way is by making; the dollarand half dollar coin lnhesshorter at their lower ends as indicatedy dotted lines in Fig. 4t. Theresult will he that the insertion of either coin swings'it-s licy leverfl6 and rocks the appropriate shat't or shafts 43, but the rocking;motion isnot carried to a degreewhich will lift "the heys past bothheads 26, and therefore only the lower or three cent slides 19 is moved.

Actuation of the prime mover which in the present case is the lever l.firstdelivers the change into the receptacle 4 as above described. andtoward the end of its movement puts tension on the cord 59. This drawson the arm 58, rocks the strait 56 and opens all the gates 55; andwhatever .was the coin inserted for change. it now drops out of the tube51 into the drawer 10. This immediately releases illi' key lever 46which stood depressed hy the weight of said coin, and that in turnrclcas a all the other key levers which were depressed by the fingers liand accordingly the shafts 43 rock and the several ltcys descend behindthe main cross bar 30 and forward of the heads :26. If it shouhlsohappen that the operator is st ill holding the main lever forward, thekeys droponto the shelves or plates 26 which sustain them until thotiinc arrives when the stems Ql do niovc to thc rear and the heads 26pass from undcr thc keys. I

Thus is produced a machine which will make change auttnnatically andwhich will 'simultancoiisly deduct a certain toll which 'may hc charg dthe operator for the act of making change or for any other purpose; andprovision is made for a little larger toll where the coin is of largerdenomination. As suggested above: the actuation. of the prinic movcr atthe time this toll is de ductcd from the coin inserted. may performother service or start other mechanism, but

' these details constitute no part of the present inventiom Themachineis susceptible of modification and refinements With- &

in the ;possibilities of structures of this kind." l f What is claimedas new is 1. Theconibination'with a ho e slide moving thereunder andhaving-a coin-opening, and a stem projecting forward from seidjslide andhaving a transversehead at itsdiront end; of a prime mover, a rodconnested therewith and standing in line-with said stem, the r'odihavingatongue' disposed adjacent 'said head, ayoke carried'by the rod'andhaving an eye in its rear end loosely mounted on said stem, an expansivespring coiled on the latter between the eye and head, a verticallymovable-key, and meansfor disposing itfibetween said tongue and pose ofsecuring change, and fingers on the head at Will. v v

2, In a coin changing machine, the -combination with hoppers for coinsofdifferent denominations, means for delivering coins levers for thelargercoins overlying levers for the smaller coins whereby the descent of alever by the insertion of a larger coin will depress another lever orlevers and result in thedelivery of the change desired.

3. Ina coin changing'majchine, the coinbinationwith hoppers for coins ofdifferent denominations,independent means for delivering coinsrespectively therefrom, a

prime mover, and independent yielding connections between it and saidseveral means;

of keys standing normally Within the several connections and preventingtheir action on the delivery means, a tr p. for displacing vwith therespective trips and adapted tobe actuated selectively by the coinsinserted for the purpose of securing change, and fingers on the leversFor the larger coins overlying, lever-s for the smaller coins wherebythe descent of a lever by the insertion of a larger coin will depressanother lever or i levers and actuate appropriate trips to detionsbetween said cross head and the several delivery means; of check devicesmovably' interposed within the several connections toprevent themovement of the delivery means,

midi-mechanism in the respective tubes for acthating appropriate checkdevices, .for the purpose set forth. I

f 5.111 a changemaking machine, the combination With hoppers for coinsof different denominations, means for delivering them respectivelythere'froin; a main lever, a cross head carried thereby, and yieldingconnectionsb'etwee'n said cross head and the several means; of keysinterposed Within the several connections and preventing the move-.,ment ofthe 'means'by said cross head, trips for displacing said leys,,coin"tubes for he insertion 'of the coins to be changed, outletgates from said tubes, inechanism'in the respective tubes for actuatingappropriate trips, and means for opening all said gates when the mainlever is swung to the extreme of its movement, for'the purpose setforth.

6. change-makingmachine, the coin: bination, with hoppers for coins of'dlii'erejm denominations, means for delivering respectively therefrom,a main lever, a cross head carried thereby, and yielding conned tionsbetween said cross head and the several means; of keys interposed withintheseveral connect ons and preventing the movement of the means by'saidcross head,- tri s i for displacing said keys, cointubes for tieinsertion of the coins to be changed, outlet gates from said tubes, arock shaft on-ivhich all said gates are mounted, a crank arm on p 1 saidshaft,a cord connecting thi'sarm with said main lever and ofa length tobe drawn taut to open all the gates as the main lever reaches it'sextremo'of movement, and levers connected with the respective trips andeach having one arm entering a tube to be depressed by a coin insertedand released when the coin is dropped through said gate. 7. In a machineof the typedescribed, the

combination with a series of upright coin tubes curved and slotted attheir'l'ower ends,

gates movably closing saidends, and means for opening said gates of afulcrum rod, a each key, a series of keydevers connected" tubes havingslots in their bodies and gates the same, and connections- In amachineofthe type'described, the combination with-a series of uprightcoin at their lower ends, ineans for,, opening said M gates, a seriesof. pivoted levers each havmg one end projecting through a slot in atube, fingers on levers of larger denominaw ions overlying the levers ofsmaller denominations, one of said fingers having a hump whereby it iscarried past the adjacent lever to the lever beyond, and trips actuatedby the movements of said levers; of hoppers for connectedtherewith andstanding in line coins of difi'erent denominations, a prime with saidstem, the rod having a tongue dismover; yielding connections between itand posed adjacent said head, a yoke carried by the several deliveringmechanisms, mechathe rod and inclosing the head and plate and 5 nism fordelivering change from said hophaving an eye in its rear end looselymounted 20 pers, and keys standing within said connecon said stem, anexpansive spring coiled on tions and preventing the action of such thelatter between the eye and plate, a vermechanism, each'key beingconnected with tically movable key, and means for dispos one trip, asdescribed. ing it between said tongue and head at will 10 9.Thecombination with a hopper, a slide In testimony whereof I aflix mysignature 25 moving 'thereunder and having a coin-openin presence of twowitnesses.

ing, a stem projecting forward from said ROY COOK. slide and"havlng atransverse head at its Witnesses: 1 front end, g, plate-mounted on thestem V. .l'IAMlL'lON,

15 adjacent said head; ofa prime mover, a rod: W. N. (hmvnnn.

